A Bill for an Act entitled: "An Act prohibiting a notary public from performing a notarial act on a document that the notary
has signed or that names the notaryNOTARIZING THE NOTARY'S OWN SIGNATURE; and amending section

1-5-416, MCA."

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Montana:

Section 1. Section 1-5-416, MCA, is amended to read:

"1-5-416. Powers and duties.(1) A notary public shall:

(1)(a) subject to subsection (2), take the acknowledgment or proof of any power of attorney, mortgage, deed, grant,
transfer, or other instrument executed by any person and give a certificate of suchthe proof or acknowledgment, endorsed
on or attached to the instrument;

(2)(b) take depositions and affidavits and administer oaths and affirmations in all matters incident to the duties of histhe
notary public's office or to be used before any court, judge, officer, or board in this state;

(3)(c) whenever requested and upon payment of histhe required fees therefor, make and give a certified copy of any record
in histhe notary public's office;

(4)(d) provide and keep an official seal, upon which must be engraved the name of the state of Montana and the words
"Notarial Seal", with the surname of the notary public and at least the initials of histhe notary public's given name;

(5)(e) authenticate with histhe notary public's official seal all official acts. Whenever the notary public signs his name
officially as a notary public, hethe notary public shall add to histhe signature the words "Notary Public for the State of
Montana, residing at.... (stating the name of histhe notary public's post office)" and shall endorse upon the instrument the
date of the expiration of histhe notary public's commission.

(2) The notary public may not perform a notarial act if the notary public has signed or is named in the document that is to
be notarized NOTARIZE THE NOTARY'S OWN SIGNATURE."